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IRONING TABLE AND STEP LADDER. No. 409,521. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER L. STRONG, OF GENEVA, NEBRASKA.

IRONING-TABLE AND STEP-LADDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,521, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed February 5, 1889. Serial No. 298,733. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER L. STRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Geneva, in the county of Fillmore and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements 'in Combined Ironing-Tables and Step -Ladders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined ironing-tables and step-ladders; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafter in connection with the aocompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device arranged as a ladder, the support pivoted to the lower end of the ladderbrace being shown in dotted lines in an ex tended position previously to being connected with the lower end of the ladder. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device arranged as an ironing-table. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the ironing-board, showing its under side. Fig. 4: is a similar view of the shirt-bosom board.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the ladder, having the side strips B B and the steps 0 O C; and D designates the ladder-brace, which is connected at its upper end to the upper ends of the strips by the links cl (Z. A support E is pivoted to the lower end of the said brace, and is adapted, when the device is arranged as a ladder, to be attached at its free end to the bottom of the ladder, to prevent the spreading of the lower ends of the ladder and brace. The attachment may be by means of hooks and staples, (shown in the drawings at 71 and 5 respectively.) In Fig. 1 of the drawings the lower ends of the ladder and brace have been shown spread apart, and the support E has been shown in dotted lines previous to the staples s at its outer ends being engaged with the hooks 72, at the lower end of the ladder.

F design ates the ironing-board,which is provided at one end with hooks f to engage staples f on the inner edge of one of the steps of the ladder, and provided on its under side, near the other end, with a transverse groove G, to re ceive the upper end of the support. The sup port is pivoted to the brace a short distance drawings.

from its upper end, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when in the vertical position the upper end of the support projects slightly above the end of the brace. The groove in the under side of the ironing-board may be formed by parallel depending ribs g g, as shown in the drawings.

H represents a detachable bosom-board, which is provided at one end with an extension or press board h; and I designates a swinging frame, the sides 6 c' of which are hinged to the extremities of a crossbar on the bosom-board. This frame fits snugly around the edges of the bosom-board, and after the shirt-bosom has been spread on the bosomboard the frame is drawn down into the plane of the board, thereby stretching the bosom and holding it in position to be ironed. To hold the bosom-board in position for use, the extension or press board is inserted between the step to which the ironing-board is attached and a parallel bar K, which is arranged adjacent to the said step, as shown in Fig. 2 of the When the press-board is to be used, the end of the bosom-board is inserted between the said step and bar.

L L represent swinging arms, which are pivoted to the extremities of the side strips of the ladder, and are provided with registering apertures Z Z; and M M represents slats which are arranged in the said apertures, and are thereby held in position to have clothes hung thereon. These arms are adapted to be folded close to the side strips of the ladder, but may be swung outward, as shown. in Fig. 2, to form a rack. The strips, when not in use, are fitted in apertures in the cleats N N, which are secured transversely to the under side for the ironing-board, whereby they are kept out of the way.

The operation of this device will be evident from the foregoing description. The brace is adapted to fold against the rear side of the ladder. The brace-support E folds within the brace, and the arms L L- fold against the sides of the ladder, thereby enabling the device to be so arranged as to occupy a very as an ironing-board. This brace P is adapted to be folded down on the brace D when the device is folded and when it is used as a ladder. The function of this small brace is to hold the ladder in position While the ironingboard is being arranged. L

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the ladder having staples f attached to the rear side of one of its steps, and having a hinged brace provided With a pivoted support at its lower end, With an ironing-board having a transverse groove on its under side, and provided with hooks at one end to engage the staples f, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the ladder having staples attached to the rear side of one of its steps and provided with a cross-baradjacent and parallel to said step, the hinged ladderbraee having a pivoted support at its lower end, the ironing-board having hooks at one end and provided. with a transverse groovein its under side, and a detachable bosom-board having a swinging frame and an arm or eX- tension adapted to be inserted between the ladder-step, to Which the ironing-board is connected, and the parallel cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' SYLVESTER L. STRONG.

Vitnesses:

O. XV. SHICKLEY, J. M. SHIOKLEY. 

